# Poem

**URL:** <https://community.ld4all.com/t/poem/5556>\
**Category:** Lucid Lounge\
**Created:** [September 17, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.ld4all.com/t/poem/5556 "2002-09-17T20:53:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![illumination](https://community.ld4all.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@illumination](https://community.ld4all.com/u/illumination)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.ld4all.com/t/poem/5556/1 "2002-09-17T20:53:09Z")

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I thought I’d posted this before, but it didn’t come up on the search, so here we go.

New Age

O! Second-rate metaphysical discoveries -  
You oratorical babies!  
Who did not have the presence of mind  
To sift from the history of humankind  
Through centuries of power-shrouding religious gloss  
And pseudo-allegorical toss  
The poetic gold:  
A delicate truth  
That does itself unfold.